José Sócrates inaugurated a 48 wind turbines, ?126 million wind farm in northern Portugal last Friday, with a local official saying the 96-megawatt wind power facility would supply power to 150,000 homes.

The target power generating installed capacity of renewable energy for 2020, including wind power and solar energy, will see big boom in China.

China invested 300 billion yuan on wind power development in 2010 and started construction on 378 major wind farm facilities. Wind turbines is likely to become the third most important energy resource in China.

Here Enterprises, a developer of wind energy, is engaged in developing wind farm facilities and will implement A&C Green Energy’s wind turbines to generate clean wind power at its Cycle Ranch wind farm.

The investment gives ABB access to another renewable energy technology, and provides an entry into the emerging marine energy market.